"I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy."

--

Source : "Q&A with Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa". Interview with Kris Kitto, thehill.com. October 18, 2011.

Howard Gordon

#Members Quotes #Council Quotes #Policy Quotes

“Here's my feeling: For everyone, men and women, it's important to be a feminist. It's important to have female characters. It's wonderful for women to mentor other women, but it's just as important for women to mentor men and vice-versa. In my line of work, having Greg Daniels be such a great mentor to me is fantastic. Finding a writer's assistant, be it a man or a woman, and encouraging them to think with a feminist perspective, is key.”
“I see the US Open as glamorous. That's the word that comes to mind.”

Source : Eugenie Bouchard during U.S. Open Press Conference, www.asapsports.com. August 23, 2014.
“Life is not only full of sound and fury. It also has butterflies, flowers, art.”
“People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter.”
“As indicated by the increase in maternal mortality in 2010, right now it's more dangerous to give birth in California than in Kuwait or Bosnia. Amnesty International reports that women in [the United States] have a higher risk of dying due to pregnancy complications than women in forty-nine other countries (black women are almost four times as likely to die as white women). The United States spends more than any other country on maternal health care, yet our risk of dying or coming close to death during pregnancy or in childbirth remains unreasonably high.”
“I would hate to be a bee. Be surrounded by bees all the time.”
“Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that's about international terrorism. No, it's not.”
“The fact is that in too many parts of our country, we still have discrimination. And affirmative action is not just something that applies to people of color. Some people have a mistaken view of it in America. It also is with respect to women, it's with respect to other efforts to try to reach out and be inclusive in our country.”

You may also like:

Alex Gansa
Screenwriter
Claire Danes
Actress
Damian Lewis
Actor
Gideon Raff
Film director
Joel Surnow
Television writer
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor
Mandy Patinkin
Actor
Manny Coto
Director
Morena Baccarin
Actress